I'm not a huge fan of the "torture porn" genre - I liked the first SAW for its great twist ending, but the sequels completely lost me. But this movie, from the director of several SAW sequels, is quite entertaining and downright disturbing in some scenes.

Arkin is an ex-con and safecracker trying to go straight, but his wife is deep in debt to loan sharks and facing dangerous reprisals. Arkin decides to pay off her debts by breaking into the house of a jewelry exec he has just finished doing some remodeling for and stealing a huge ruby out of the safe. He arrives at the house, knowing the family was supposed to have left on vacation that morning. But when he arrives, he discovers that the couple have been captured by a twisted, masked killer called THE COLLECTOR, who has turned their house into a maze of deadly booby traps. Arkin faces a tough call - should he steal the jewel and make good his escape, or try to rescue this family he barely knows?

A sinister villain, lots of suspense, and some diabolical death traps make this movie a cut above others in its genre and definitely worth watching!

When Arkin is leaving the house after escaping the Collector, then turns around and sees the little girl at the upstairs window . . . (ALTERNATIVE ENDING SPOILER FOLLOWS!)

He stares at her for a long thoughtful minute, sees the COLLECTOR's shadow moving towards the stairs in the house . . . and gives the little girl both fingers before turning and running off with the ruby!!!!

Bumping an old thread here, because I saw the sequel to this film today; called THE COLLECTOR. Arkin is back too. Great movie! I may do a separate review on it later.

Slight update, it's called The Collection. It's very much Aliens to Alien. I mean that quite literally, with the way some action scenes play out. Also, the title collector himself is basically Batman if he were a serial killer.